News From Around the System

Implanted Neural Stem Cell Grafts Show Functionality in Spinal Cord Injuries

In mouse studies, the specialized grafts integrated with host networks and behaved much like neurons in a healthy, undamaged spinal cord

Can Sleep Protect Us from Forgetting Old Memories?

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that sleep may help people to learn continuously through their lifetime by encoding new memories and protecting old ones.

Inhibiting Enzyme Helps Cancer Immunotherapy Work Better

UC San Diego researchers discovered that people with an inactive RNA-editing enzyme respond better to cancer immunotherapy, and inhibitors of the enzyme help mice with difficult-to-treat cancers live longer.

Inhibiting Enzyme Helps Cancer Immunotherapy Work Better

People with inactive RNA-editing enzyme respond better to immunotherapy; inhibitors of the enzyme help mice with difficult-to-treat cancers live longer

Precision Medicine Identifies Key Recurring Mutation in Head and Neck Cancers

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center report that an investigational drug candidate called tipifarnib showed promise in treating key recurring mutation in head and neck cancers.

Zafiris J. Daskalakis, MD, PhD, Named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry

Zafiris J. “Jeff” Daskalakis, MD, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Psychiatry at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

Headline News: Botox Injections May Lessen Depression

FDA database of drug side effects indicates the benefit may hold up no matter where Botox is injected

Precision Medicine Identifies Key Recurring Mutation in Head and Neck Cancers

UC San Diego study indicates mutant HRAS is a key, cancer-driving oncogene — and that it’s a druggable target

Zafiris J. Daskalakis, MD, PhD, Named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry

UC San Diego Scientists Part of Special Package of Studies Describing Human Genome

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are among the contributors to a package of 10 studies in the journal Nature, describing the latest results from the ongoing Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project, a worldwide effort led by the NIH to understand how the human genome functions.